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Montana Mountains

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Zirconium, Barium-Barite, Titanium, Metal
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047383
MRDS ID M242673
Record type Site
Current site name Montana Mountains

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.15293, 41.80877 (WGS84)
Elevation 2140
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 1 KM (0.64 MILES) S1 E OF VABM-MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Calavera Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 034E 04 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2.5 KM NE OF MOONLIGHT MINE. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Collophane Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SELECT SAMPLES HAVE 0.02% U308 WITH HIGH AS, F, HG, MO AND SB. RADIOACTIVITY IS 3-4 TIMES BG IN A SMALL 1 METER SQUARE AREA. TWO SAMPLES CONTAINED 220 AND 189 PPM U308.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.15293, 41.80877
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ring Fracture System Of The Mcdermitt Caldera, Basin And Range Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE HOST ROCK IS A PURPLISH BROWN SILICIFIED ASHFLOW TUFF WITH LOCALLY ABUNDANT CRYSTALS AND LITHIC FRAGMENTS. THE TUFF IS COMMONLY HIGHLY VESICULAR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Disaster District; Kings River; Thacker Pass; Mcdermitt Caldera

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MITCHELL, T.P., 1980, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT OF URANIUM OCCURRENCE.

  • Deposit

    WILLDER, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS OCCURRENCE IS IN THE TOP-MOST VOLCANIC UNIT EXPOSED IN THE CLIFFS ABOVE THE MOONLIGHT MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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